Robert Kinoshita, known for his widely influential robot designs during the heyday of 1950s and 1960s science fiction television, passed away at the age of 100 on December 9, 2014.
He was born in 1914 in Los Angeles and grew up in the LA neighborhood of Boyle Heights. He worked for several production companies, and is best known for his work starting with the 1954 film, Tobor the Great, in which he designed the robot. He also designed Robby the Robot for the films Forbidden Planet (1956) and The Invisible Boy (1957), and the “B9 Environmental Control” robot for Lost in Space.
He was born in 1914 in Los Angeles and grew up in the LA neighborhood of Boyle Heights. He worked for several production companies, and is best known for his work starting with the 1954 film, Tobor the Great, in which he designed the robot. He also designed Robby the Robot for the films Forbidden Planet (1956) and The Invisible Boy (1957), and the “B9 Environmental Control” robot for Lost in Space.
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